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Top 20 most pirated movies of 2014

TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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Thought this would make a fun read for some here.

From http://www.imdb.com/news/ni58136045: The full list of top 20 pirated movies of the year ranked by number of downloads (along with studio and original theatrical release date) made by torrent users worldwide in 2014:

1. The Wolf of Wall Street - 30.035 million (Paramount, Dec. 25, 2013)
2. Frozen - 29.919 million (Disney, Nov. 27, 2013)
3. RoboCop - 29.879 million (note: this combines the figures of two releases: MGM, Feb. 12, 2014 and Orion, July 17, 1987)
4. Gravity - 29.357 million (Warner Bros., Oct. 4, 2013)
5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - 27.627 million (Warner Bros., Dec. 13, 2013)
6. Thor: The Dark World - 25.749 million (Disney/Marvel, Nov. 8, 2013)
7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 25.628 million (Disney/Marvel, April 4, 2014)
8. The Legend of Hercules - 25.137 million (Summit, Jan. 10, 2014)
9. X-Men: Days of Future Past - 24.380 million (20th Century Fox, May 23, 2014)
10. 12 Years a Slave - 23.653 million (Fox Searchlight, Oct. 18, 2013)
11. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - 23.543 million (Lionsgate, Nov. 22, 2013)
12. American Hustle - 23.143 million (Sony/Columbia, Dec. 13, 2013)
13. 300: Rise of an Empire - 23.096 million (Warner Bros., March 7, 2014)
14. Transformers: Age of Extinction - 21.65 million (Paramount, June 27, 2014)
15. Godzilla - 20.956 million (Warner Bros., May 16, 2014)
16. Noah - 20.334 million (Paramount, March 28, 2014)
17. Divergent - 20.312 million (Lionsgate, March 21, 2014)
18. Edge of Tomorrow - 20.299 million (Warner Bros., June 6, 2014)
19. Captain Phillips - 19.817 million (Sony/Columbia, Oct. 11, 2013)
20. Lone Survivor - 19.130 million (Universal, Dec. 25, 2013)

Seeing that it's worldwide, the figures are actually lower than I expected.

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  • LMLM Posts: 63,499
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    I thought The Expendales would of been on the list, as i remember it leaked online about a month or so before it's cinema release.
  • Ancient IDTVAncient IDTV Posts: 10,174
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    I haven't actually watched any of those films.
  • jenziejenzie Posts: 20,821
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    damn
    imma gonna go to prison for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONF time
    :D

    seen ten
    got six others
    not seen the rest
  • rfonzorfonzo Posts: 11,772
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    Ancient IDTV wrote: »
    I haven't actually watched any of those films.

    Likewise. There are a few on the list I would like to see but I have just not had the chance to see any of them.
  • MrSuperMrSuper Posts: 18,543
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    Robocop at No3? Didn't realise that was a big deal! Lol.
  • Johnny ClayJohnny Clay Posts: 5,328
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    Hmm, interesting.

    Thing is, when and what was being downloaded? Those dreadful cam-rips you see knocking about at release time, dismal screeners, early work print etc? I imagine the majority comes from when the BR/DVD is made available - then it becomes something of a free-for-all from what I'm told (*cough*).
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    Johnny Clay wrote: »
    Hmm, interesting.

    Thing is, when and what was being downloaded? Those dreadful cam-rips you see knocking about at release time, dismal screeners, early work print etc? I imagine the majority comes from when the BR/DVD is made available - then it becomes something of a free-for-all from what I'm told (*cough*).

    As far as I know, Excipio logs/monitors IP addresses - including some VPN accounts* - per title, regardless of its media format (screeners, camrips, etc.), within a period of time in their data collection system.

    *It's usually a) your ISP reveals your online activities, regardless of you using a VPN account, or b) your VPN provider sells data to companies like Excipio.

    That's as much as I know. Others will probably know a lot more.
  • be more pacificbe more pacific Posts: 19,061
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    If they had waited until the year had ended to compile that list, then The Interview would surely be in there somewhere. Also, the screener version of Fury leaked after the Sony hack is conspicuously absent.
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    be more pacific wrote: »
    If they had waited until the year had ended to compile that list, then The Interview would surely be in there somewhere. Also, the screener version of Fury leaked after the Sony hack is conspicuously absent.

    Other leaked pre-release titles didn't show up in their lists either. So far:

    The Interview
    Fury
    Hulk
    The Expendables 3
    Annie
    Mr Turner
    Still Alice
    To Write Love on Her Arms

    I suspect they're not counting those. Who knows?
  • Ancient IDTVAncient IDTV Posts: 10,174
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    rfonzo wrote: »
    Likewise. There are a few on the list I would like to see but I have just not had the chance to see any of them.

    Even if they are free to view, there isn't much there that I would be tempted to watch. eg I gave up on the Hobbit trilogy after enduring the first film. I just seem to have lost interest in new films. I haven't been to a cinema since 2012. Looks like it's terminal!
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